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Althing

unicameral parliament of Iceland
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Summary

Althing is an unicameral legislature[1]. Althing ranks in the top 7% of unicameral legislature entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,846 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Reykjavík[3]
  • Country: Iceland[4]
  • Headquarters location: Alþingishúsið[5]
  • Part of: Government of Iceland[6]
  • Commons category: Alþingi[7]
  • Chairperson: Steingrímur J. Sigfússon[8]
  • Has part(s): Member of the Althing[9]
  • Inception: 930[10], December 1, 1918[11]
  • Official website: https://althingi.is[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Althing[13]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: Iceland[14]
  • Number of seats: 63[15]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[16]
  • Native label: Alþingi[17]
  • Owner of: Alþingishúsið[18]
  • Different from: Alþingishúsið[19]
  • Member category: Category:Members of the Althing[20]

Why It Matters

Althing has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Althing is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

Iceland Reykjavík Saint-Chinian

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Althing. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/althing
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of lithuania id → LNB:V*5429;=BG
    Idref id → 08393846X
    National library of poland mms id → 9812478007505606
    P14536 → 349597
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  2. 22w ago · 沈澄心 · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +0930-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1918-12-01T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → unicameral legislature, tricameral legislature, unicameral legislature
    Different from → Alþingishúsið
    Number of seats → {'amount': '+63'}
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Bibsys id: 90739468, Added with [[User:Bargioni/moreIdentifiers|moreIdentifiers]]"
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